189-003-WP-ad hoc-DELISTING-1-ENG

Ad-hoc release 2 May 2016

WP AG - End of stock exchange listing
  • Last trading day: 10 June 2016 (ISIN AT0000A1DDL3)
  • Takeover offer ends on 25 May 2016

WP AG informs that the withdrawal of its shares from the Regulated Market (Geregelter Freiverkehr) of the Vienna Stock Exchange has been announced to the stock exchange. The shares of WP AG will be withdrawn from the Regulated Market (Geregelter Freiverkehr) with effect as of the end of 10 June 2016.

CROSS Industries AG is the majority shareholder of WP AG. On 29 March 2016 CROSS Industries AG announced a voluntary public takeover offer pursuant to Sections 4 et seq. Austrian Takeover Act to all shareholders of WP AG as an accompanying measure to the delisting of the shares of WP AG from the Regulated Market (Geregelter Freiverkehr) of the Vienna Stock Exchange. The offer document has been published on 21 April 2016 and is available free of charge during normal business hours at the corporate seat of WP AG, Gewerbegebiet Nord 8, 5222 Munderfing, and at the tender and payment agent Wiener Privatbank SE, Parkring 12, 1010 Vienna. The offer document can also be downloaded from the websites of the Takeover Commission (www.takeover.at), CROSS Industries AG (www.crossindustries.at) and WP AG (www.wp-group.com).

Shareholders of WP AG can accept the offer in the period from 21 April 2016 to 25 May 2016. The offer price amounts to EUR 18 per share of WP AG.

Legal disclaimer:

This ad-hoc release does neither constitute an offer to purchase nor an intimation to submit a proposal for the acquisition or sale of securities of WP AG.

WP AG issued this content on 02 May 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 02 May 2016 09:48:01 UTC. Original document available at http://www.wp-group.com/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/189-003-WP-ad_hoc-DELISTING-1-ENG.pdf